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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2024
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Bailan Li, San Carlos, CA (US);
Samira Tasharofi, Atherton, CA (US);
Yi Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tao Cai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/61 (2022.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/61 (2022.05); H04L 67/141 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses include establishing, by a distributor of a content serving system, a streaming connection with a pacing host of the content serving system. The pacing results are received by the distributor from the pacing host through the streaming connection. The pacing results are stored by the distributor in a local cache memory. The pacing results are streamed by the distributor from the local cache memory to serving hosts.